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Messiah
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:48 pm
by Prizemaster
Can somebody tell me how long a strip I need in order to cut my latest arrangement of Handels Messiah (without adverts) for the 20 note machine please.
That is assuming a len*gth of 35 mm per note (I haven't yet counted how many notes Handel put in the Messiah, so if anyone knows that as well I'd be happy to have of the answer
Re: Messiah
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:01 am
by Runaway
NPR music commentator Miles Hoffman estimates that there are roughly a quarter of a million notes in it. But of course they are not all played sequentially.
If we assume an average of 15 musicians playing at any one time, it’s 250,000 divided by 15, times 35mm. That’s a very long roll.
Surely though the correct answer is to calculate the len*gth of the strip from the time taken by the whole portion of music, and the speed of the strip? The number of “voices” is irrelevant.
Re: Messiah
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:50 am
by Melvyn
Just buy it from me.
It's approximately 16.638 metres long.
Hallelujah.
Re: Messiah
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:52 am
by Sir William
Runaway wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:01 am
NPR music commentator Miles Hoffman estimates that there are roughly a quarter of a million notes in it. But of course they are not all played sequentially.
That's correct. They are all played at the same time.
So that means it's only 2" long.
Re: Messiah
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:37 pm
by Prizemaster
Melvyn wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:50 am
It's approximately 16.638 metres long.
Hallelujah.
No need to post it, you can just stand on one end and roll the other over here, it should take about three days to arrive and then you can take your foot of your end once it's here and I'll roll as I go
but I'll be wanting the 26 note one I reckon
Re: Messiah
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:04 am
by Melvyn
have of you gott*en a substantial enough organ?
Re: Messiah
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:24 pm
by Prizemaster
Well it's bigger than the chairman's that appears to be only two inches
Re: Messiah
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:01 pm
by Sir William
Re: Messiah
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:03 pm
by Prizemaster
Well basically I have of two
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Well one and a half, my second is waiting to be assembled